While Creek social and cultural disagreements began to burn in violent earnest in what would soon become central Alabama, the rest of the young United States smarted under a early British triumphs in the North. The of 1812 continued, and it had not gone well for the upstart Americans. The previous August, British troops–led by Maj. Gen. Isaac Brock–and their native allies, including Tecumseh, humbled a pitiful American “invasion” of Canada, forcing the poorly trained troops to surrender at Detroit. Worse, on October 13, 1812, Brock’s men humiliated American forces again at the Battle of Queenston Heights. American dash had led to war, but for many it seemed their arms simply might not be up to the task.